Railway-head or other similar fiber-drawing machine.



No. 690,596. v Patented Ian. 7, |902.

A. w. lMATHEWSOII RAILwAY HEAD 0R oTIIER SIMILAR FIBER DRAWING MACHINE.

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RAILWAY HEAD 0R OTHER SIMILAR FIBER DRAWING MACHINE.

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No. 690,596. Patented 1an. 7, |902.

A. w. 'MATHEwson RAILWAY HED 0B TIIEB SIMILAR FIBER DRAWING MACHINE.

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No. 690,596.' Patented Ian. 7, 1902.:

A. w. MATHEwsoN. RAILWAY HEAD 0B OTHER SIMILAR FIBER DBAWINGMAGHINE.

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10.690,596. I Patented 1an. 7,1902.

A. w. MATHEwsoN.

RAILWAY HEAD 0R OTHER SIMILAR lFIBER DRAWING MACHINE.

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UNITED k STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR w.1viATHEwsoN, oF LEwIsTo-MMA'INE.

RAILWAY-HEAD 0R OTHER SIMILAR FIBER-DRAWING MACHINE.

SPCIFIC'ATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N o. 690,596, dated January 7, 1902. 'Application filed October 20, 11900` Serial No. 33,665. (No model.)1

To all whom it may concern: g

Be it known that l, ARTHUR lV. MATHEW- SON, a citizen.4 o'f the United States, yand a resident of Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Heads or other Similar Fiber-Drawing Machines, of which` the following is a specification.

My invention while designed more especially as an improvement upon the machiney shown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 655,934, which were granted August 14, 1900, is applicable in whole or in part to various of the other forms of machine that are employed in the transformation of cotton! fiber into yarn, its object being toinerease the efficiency of these machines and to not only` prevent the breaking of parts when the evener i belt-shifter has reached the limit of its move-: ment in either direction, but also to provide y for the automatic stoppage of the machine; whenever one or more ofthe slivers supplied? thereto breaks or break or otherwise fails or fail, when the sliver-receiving can is filledr beyond a certain limit, or when the proper travel of the sliver through the front trumpet f.

Kor from the calender-rolls to such receiving-l can is interrupted.

To these ends the invention consists, irstai in the means whereby the material to bei treated is properly guided to the machine and the stopping of the latter effected when the 'former breaks or otherwisefails in whole or fected when the evener-mechanism belt- -shifter reaches the limit lof its travel in either direction; third, in the means by which the stoppage of til-ie machine is accomplished when the sliver-receiving can is filled beyond a certain limit; fourth, in the means whereby `chine is effected when the sliver instead of traveling properly from the calender-rolls `through the coiler winds around thek under of such rolls; sixth, in the means whereby the stoppage of the machine is accomplished y when the sliver breaks in rear of the front trumpet or the sliver becomes reduced insize below a certain limit; seventh, in the means by which the stoppage of the machine is accomplished when this trumpet becomes choked by` a bunch or other enlargement of the sliver passing through it, and, eighth, in

various other mechanisms and combinations -Y of parts, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of thisl specification, Figure lis a sectional side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, certain of' the parts being omitted` and others broken away for convenience of v illustration; Fig. 2, a sectional plan thereof with certain .of the parts shown in section and others similarly broken away for alike reason; Fig.`3., a side elevation of the machine, taken from the opposite side from that illustrated in Fig. l and showing a number of sliver-containing cans; Fig. 4, a horizontal 'sectional plan taken in the plane Qc a: of Fig. i

1,; Fig. 5, a detached isometric projection of certain of the parts, comprising, among other things, the vfeed-rolls, the calender-rolls, the

devices for conducting .the material through the machine, and a portion of the stopping devices with various sliver containing and receiving cans; Fig. ,6, a ,like detached .iso-

metric projection of the front Itrumpet and.

shipping devices are automatically operated to stop the machine and remove the' pawls from engagement with the evener-ratchet when the evener belt-shifter has'traversed beyond certain limits in either direction;

Fig. 8, a detached side elevation of the front trumpet and its supporting devices and weight with the shaft upon which they are mounted; Fig. 9,.a detached elevation ofa portion of theevener-mechanism ratchet and Iits actuating-pawls, with an edge View ofthe shields and of the lifting-plates by means of which the pawls are removed and held from engagement with the ratchet; Fig. l0, a sectional elevation of the front-trumpet-supporting shaft with the fixed and yielding stops by means of which the oscillatory movements of the shaft, and with it the trumpet, are limited; Fig. ll, a transverse sectional detail taken in the plane y y of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 12, a sectional side elevation of the pawlshield-supporting frame and of the parts cooperating therewith, taken in the plane .e .e of Fig. 4; Fig. 13, a sectional detail showing the top drawing-rolls and portions of the connecting-rods by means of which the weights are suspended, taken in the plane w w of Fig. 2; and Fig. 14 a detail side elevation of a portion of the rear trumpet and a portion of the rod by means of which it is connected with the front trumpet.

In all figures like letters of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts.

A A indicate end frames or standards,

which are tied together and held at the proper distance apart bya plate or top B, that is secured between or upon their upper portions by screws or otherwise and'extending across from one to the other constitutes therewith the main housing of the machine. In the construction of these end frames or standards any appropriate material may be employed and any approved design adopted. I prefer, however, to construct them of metal and of the general form shown and to provide them in their lower portions with bearings a, in which is journaled the main driving-shaft C, that is equipped at one of its ends with a fast pulley c and a loose pulley c.

B B2 indicate stands, which are secured to the upper surface of the top B byappropriate screws b or other equivalent means and, extending transversely across the same from front to rear in parallel relationship to each other, support the drawing and calender rolls, by means of which the material passing through the vmachine is attenuated and delivered. These drawing-rolls are composed of top and bottom rolls, which are arranged in pairs, with a top and bottom roll in each, and the number of these pairs may be varied to suit them to the requirements of the particular machine. In the drawings, however, I have shown four of these pairs, of which b indicates the front pair and b2, b3, and b4 the back pairs, which latter are successively arranged the one behind the other in an unbroken series in rear of the front pair, with the top roll of each pressed againstits respective bottom roll by a weight b5, which is suspended therefrom by a connecting-rod b, that is provided with an overhanging bearing 19T at its upper end. The calender-rolls, on the other hand, are composed of a top roll bs, a bottom roll b9, and a front roll U0, which in practice are held in contact by pressure, with the top roll arranged above the bottom roll and the front roll disposed in front of and between the two former and coperating with both. As thus arranged the drawing-rolls are supported by the stands B B2 through the intermediaries of bearing-blocks b, which are adjustably secured to the latter-by appropriate screws .7J12 and are severally provided with suitable bearings Z913, in which their'respective pairs of rolls are journaled, while the calenderrolls are supported by such stands in suitable bearings Z914 and i315, with which the forward ends of the latter are sev erally provided. By this arrangement, as will be seen, not only are the drawing and calender rolls supported above the top B in the proper relative positions with respect to one another, but the adjustment of the drawing-rolls to suit them to the treatment of fibers of different lengths is also permitted.

With the various rolls supported and ar ranged as above described the front drawingrolls b and the calender-rolls bs, b9, and Z910 are preferably operated from the main driving shaft C through positive connections,w`hereby to insure of a positive and uniform speed of rotation being imparted to them therefrom under all conditions. To this end I make use of the upright shaft D, which, mounted in suitable bearings secured to or formed on the main housings or other convenient parts of the machine, is provided at its lower end with the bevel-gear CZ, thatintermeshes with a corresponding bevel-geard, secured to the shaft C, and also at its upper end with a bevel-gear dthatintermeshes with a bevel-gear cl3,which is rotatively mounted upon a supporting-stud d4, with a spur-gear d5 fixedly secured to its side and intermeshing with the spur-gears d and (il, with which the bottom of the front pair of drawing-rolls b and of the caienderrolls are respectively provided. The back dra\vingrolls b2 b3 b4, on the other hand, while receiving motion from the main driving-shaft C, are connected and arranged to have their speed of rotation varied relatively to the speed of rotation of the front drawing-rolls and calender-rolls whenever the quantity of material passing through the machine varies,and hence requires a variation in the drawing action to insure the production of a sliver of uniform size and weight throughout. For effecting this variation in the relative speed of these rolls automatically I make use of apeculiarlyconstructed evener mechanism, which will now be described.

E indicates a cylindrical drum, which is rotatively mounted in or on suitable bearings c and is driven at a uniform rate of speed from the main drivingshaft,according to the speed of the latter, by means of the train of gears c c2 c3, as shown in Fig. l.

F indicates a conical drum, which is mounted to turn in suitable bearings secured to the housings or other convenient part of themachine and is provided on one endof its supporting-shaft with a bevel-gearf, that intermeshes with a second bevel-gearf', secured preferred.

this wheel H as thus arranged and beneath` to the lower end of an upright shaftf2, which inturn is provided at its upper end with a bevel-gear f3, that interineshes with a corresponding bevel-gearf4 preferably secured to the end of the bottom drawing-roll of the extreme back pair b4, to which the material passing through the machiner is delivered.

The cylindrical drum E and conical drum` Fare connected by an endless belt G, and as the drum Fis operated bythe drum E through the belt the speed of the drum F'relatively to that of the drum E and the speed of the back pairs of drawing-rolls relatively to the speed of the front pair and the calender-rolls will depend, as is obvious, upon the position of the endless belt G longitudinally upon these drums. The speed of the back drawing-rolls being thus dependent upon the po-l sition occupied by the belt'G along the drums E and F any required variation in thespeed of the back rolls relatively to the speed of the front drawing-rolls may be effected by simply shifting this belt longitudinally thereon. For

eecting this shiftin g operation I'make use ofz ashifter G', which, provided with a suitable fork or Spanner g for engagement with the belt, is fitted to slide upon the diagonally-arranged guide-rods g and is moved back and forth thereon from .the shaft D. To permit' of this being accomplished, I make use of the Wheel H, which is provided on vits upperside, around its outer edge, with radially-disposed ratchetteeth h,and onitsunder side withahub that extends downwardly through and is itted to rotate in a suitable orifice formed inthe horizontally-disposed plate-like shield or deckv I, which extends across the machine from one,

of its end frames or standards to the other and is secured at its ends to the latter by ap-v propriate screws t or otherwise, as may be To the lower end of the hub of pawls lo, that are pivoted thereto for engagement with the teeth his connected through the instrumentality of a connecting-rod la with an eccentric 7a2, which, journaled upon a suitable stud k3, extending upward from the shield or deck I, is connected with the upright shaft` D through the gears 7a4 and h5, with which they are respectively provided. With the parts arranged as thus described an intermittent rotation iu one or the other direction is imparted to the wheel H when the shaft D is rotated, as one or the otherof the pawls k is engaged with the teeth h and a movement corresponding thereto imparted to the shifter and belt therefrom through the intervention of the volute-shaped cam-flange H2, to which the shifter is operatively connected by the yoke g2, that is fitted to rotate in arsuitable socket g3, formed in the frame ofthe shifter, and is provided at its upper end with the friction-rollsg4, which are disposed on opposite sides of and in contact with such iiange, as shown. f

For holding either orboth of the pawls out of engagementwith the teeth Vh of the ratchet-wheel H when the wheel, and with it the shifter G', is to remain stationary and` permit of their engagement therewith when the wheel is to berotated in either direction and the shifter moved I make useof the seg,- mentally-shapedshields Z, one for each pawl, which, constructed in the form of plates, are arranged to extend between thel pawls and the teeth h. These shields are preferably connected or formed integrally with. a frame L,

which, suitably j ournaled upon a studia, thatv extends upwardlyfrom the gearH', is pro-v vided with a curved'or archedportion which rests upon and supports the frame froma center m, secured in and extending from said stud, as best shown in Figs. l and 12. thus supported and arranged this frame L.is capable of an oscillatory .motion upon and aroundits supporting-stud fm independently of the gear H. Whenthe frame L is inits normal position-as, for instance,.when thematerial passing through the machineis of the proper size to make a sliver of the required cross-section and vweight---the shields will be held beneath the pawls 7c k, and in these positions the latter will be compelled to ride in-` their short backward and forward movements upon the upper surfaces of the `former and their engagement with the teeth h, of the iI oo ratchet I-I thereby prevented. When, on the otherhand, the material passing through the machine is above or below the required size andvweight, then the frame L will be swung in the required direction upon its supportingstud m to bring the,appropriate shield from Y under a portion of the back-and-forth travel of its cooperating pawl, allowing such pawl lto drop down into engagement .with the proper tooth of the ratchet-wheelH 'to cause this wheel, and through it the gear H', the flange H2, and the belt-shifter G,to move in the re-v quired direction to properly regulate the speeds of rotation ofl the backdrawing-rolls to produce asliver of the standard size; It

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will thus be evident that in'order to controlor regulate the engagement ofthe pawls with.

the teeth all that is necessary is to eii'ect the movements of the shields in such manner. as to move them more or less from under oneor the other of the pawls, and this is'accomplished by simply swinging the. frame L .upon

its pivot at the required time and in the re-z quired direction. o Y t To accomplish the swinging movements of the frameL automatically, as the requirements of the material passing through the, machine may demand, vanousmeans may beemployed. I prefer, however, to make use of the material-guiding trumpets M and N for the purpose, as thereby I am enabled to avail the intermediaries of an arm n2 andconnect-` ing-rod n3, as shown in Fig. 4. The trumpet N, on the other hand, is disposed in rear of the back drawing-rolls and connected with the shaft n by the rod n4, whereby to move in unison therewith, it is supported upon centers n, that are adjustably secured in a carrier n, which is rigidly fastened to and vertically adjustable on the lower ends of depending hangers a7, that in turn are secured to and adjustable longitudinally of the stands B B2. By this arrangement, as will be seen, not only will any swinging or tilting movements of either of the trumpets toward or away from its respective coperatiug rolls be communicated through the shaft n, arm n2, and connecting-rod n3 to the frame L and the particularpawl k answering thereto brought into or carried out of engagement with the teeth h of the ratchet H, as the requirements of that movement may demand, but any desired adjustment of the rear trumpet N in a lateral, vertical, or forward or backward direction may be imparted thereto, and in order to provide for the disengagement of the trumpet N from the shaft n, whereby to permit of the former beingswungbackward from and upward toward its cooperating rolls independently of the latter, as is sometimes required in threading the material therethrough in piecing up the end, as it is sometimes termed, the rod n* is jointed at its forward end to the shaft 'n through the intervention of suitable lugs In.8 and a9, projecting upward from such shaft, and is provided at its rear end with a plate-like extension in which is formed a slot nu, that is equipped in the upper side of its forward end with a recess 0112 for engagement with a pin or stud w13, secured to and extending laterally from the trumpet N, as shown. WVhen in its normal position, the pin or stud m13 is engaged with the recess nl?, and the trumpet N is then con- 'nected with the shaft `n and caused to move in unison therewith. On the other hand, when the pin or stud is removed from engagement therewith, which may be accomplished by simply raising the rear end ot' the rod n4, the trumpet N is disconnected from that shaft and may then be swung backward from or forward toward the drawing-rolls, as desired. The trumpets M and N being thus arranged and connected are preferably held in their normal intermediate position or that occupied by them when the material passing through them is of the required size bythe conjoint action of the material itself and a counterbalancing-weight P, which, supported upon an arm P, is iXedly secured to the shaft n, permits of their tilting forward toward their respective cooperating rolls when the size of the material passing through either of them is increased in size beyond acertain limit, and causes them to tilt backward in an opposite direction away from such rolls when the size of the material passing through either is reduced below the required standard, being limited in these movements by the stops n and um, with which an Vupwardly-extending arm nl, xedly secured to the shaft n, coperates. As a result of these conditions and of the connection of the trumpets with the shields Z when the trumpets are held in their normal position by the action of the counterbalancing-weightP and the material passing through them the shields will be similarly held in central position with respect to their limits of travel, and neither of the pawls 7c will be allowed thereby to engage with the teeth h of the ratchet-wheel H. On the other hand, when the trumpets are tilted from these normal positions either toward or away from their respective coperating rolls by any increase or decrease in the size and weight of the material passing through either of them then by such movement the shields l will be moved around over the wheel H in one or the other direction and t-he appropriate pawl 7s will be brought into engagement with the teeth 71. to move such wheel in the required direction. The size and Weight of the material having been restored to the standard, the trumpets will be returned to their normal positions, carrying with them the shields Z, the edect of which will be to withdraw the pawl from engagement with the teeth of the ratchetwheel H, and thereby render them inoperative for the time being. In these positions the parts will remain until a further variation in the size and Weight of the material passing through the machine occurs, when a further tilting movement of the trumpets will be caused and the movement of parts above specified repeated, and so ou, the variation in the size and weight of the material passing through the railway-head by its operation upon either of the trumpets thus controlling the movements of the shields Z, and hence the movements of the shifter G. When but a single trumpet is used in rear of the calenderrolls, as M, the counterbalancing-weight l) may be iixedly secured in its proper adjusted position upon the arm P by a set-screw or other convenient means when the position is once determined. When, on the other hand, a second trumpet is employed in' rear of the drawing-rolls, then it is necessary that the counterbalancing-Weight P should be automatically adjustable along the arm P; otherwise the trumpet after it had been tilted from its normal position by any variation in the size of the material passing to it would, if the variation continued, remain in the tilted posi- IIO tion and the evener mechanism set into operation thereby continued in action to change the size of the sliver in an opposite direction, notwithstanding the fact that the sliver might be of the proper size. For effecting this adjustment of the weight various means may be employed. I prefer, however, to avail of the evener mechanism for the purpose and to so connect it with the counterbalancing-weight P that when this and the lother trumpet are moved in either direction from their normal positions and the speed of the back drawingrolls varied with respect to the speed of the front drawing-rolls through the mechan-v adjusting-screw O, which, threaded iu thel` weight P and journaled in suitable bearings p, formed on the arm PQ is provided at its front end with a bevel-gear p', that intermeshes with a corresponding bevel-gear p2,

secured to the upper end of ashaft p3, which, rotatably mounted in suitable bearings supported from the main housing or other convenient parts of the machine, is equipped at its lower end with a spur-gear p4, that intermeshes with the teeth in the spur-gear H', as shown. Bythis arrangement, as willbe seen, when the trumpets are forced from their normal positions by any increased friction of the material within either of them and the speed of the back drawing-rolls decreased with respectto the speed of the front drawing-rolls through the operationof the evener mechanism to increase the draft of the same the adjustiug-screwwill be turned by the connections described in a direction to force the Weight Palongits supporting-arm away from the shaft n, the result of which will be to increase the leverage of this weight upon the trumpets, and thereby increase the tendency of the latter to return toward their normal positions. On the other hand, when the trumpets are moved in the opposite direction in consequence of adecrease in the friction of the material in them and the speed of the back drawing-rolls increased with respect to the speed of the front drawing-rolls through the operation of the evener mechanism aforesaid then this weight will be moved along the supportingarm toward the shaft and the return of the trumpets to their normal positions by the material passing through them more easily effected. Thus, as will be seen, the trumpets are made to determine whether the sliver produced is of the required size and if above or below the same to so control the speed of the back drawing-rolls with respect to the speed of the front drawing-rolls as to restore it thereto, and this, too, whether the variations in the size of the material delivered to the machine are large or small or are of extended or restricted lengths. lVhile the relative speed of the back drawing-rol'lsfwith respect to the speed of the front drawing-rolls is thus controlled from the trumpets M and N, the

changes in this relative speed to meetthe requirements of the material passing through the machine are effected by shifting the belt G in one or the other directions along the drums E and F through the medium of the shifter G and its operating devices. In order, therefore, to insure of a uniform working tension Vupon this belt, no matter to which position it maybe shifted along the drums or how much it may be stretched, the bearings e, in which the drum E is journaled,finstead of being secured to some stationarypart of the machine are formed in the upper ends of the upwardlyextending arms c, that are fixedly secured to and extend upwardly from a transversely-arranged shaft e5, which supports the gear e2 and is journaled atits ends in the end frames or standards A A. bearings, with their carrying-arms and the drum E, are capable of a swinging movement toward and away from the drum F, but are normally heldin positions as remote therefrom as the length of the belt G will permit.

For holding them in these positions I make.

use of a shaft c6, which is journaled in the end lframe or standards A A' andis provided-near one of its ends with a drum eT,-to which are fixedly secured the upper ends of two chains e8 and e9, that extend wholly or partially around its periphery iu opposite directions and are respectively connected at their lower ends with a weight 610 and with the'free end of an arm e, that is rigidly secured to and extends outwardly longitudinally from the shafte'. The parts beingconnected and thus described, the drum E, with its supportingarms and bearings, as will be seen, is forced outwardly away from the drum F at all times by the weight c10 and a constant and uniform tension thereby imparted to the belt in whatever position it may occupy along the drums. While thus a uniform tension may be imparted to the belt G, it frequently happens that a change in the gear e3 becomes necessary and another of a'larger or smaller diameter substituted in place thereof. To permit of this being accomplished and theintermeshing of the new gear with the gear e2 insured, the upwardly-extending arms e4, in which it is supported upon the axis of the drum E,'in

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stead of being constructed as integral wholes u are severally composed of upperl and under sections, which are respectively secured together by screws cl2, that extend through suitablev slots formed in the lowerportions of'the upper sections and engaged with suitable 'threaded orificesprovided for them in the under sections, as shown. By this construction the lengthening or shortening of the arms may be effected and the proper adjustment thereof to suit them to the requirements of the new gear accomplished bysimply loosening the screws cl2, then sliding the upper upon the under sections until the required length is attained, and then firmly securing them together by tightening the screws.

The parts being constructed and organized as above described, the material to be treated may, if so desired, be supplied to 'the machine in the form of a continuous mass from a number of cards, in which case it may pass directly from the railway-belt to the rear trumpet,with only such intervening supporting devices as may be required. I prefer, however, to supply it thereto in the form of a number of individual slivers q q q2 g3, dac., which will be contained in appropriate cans Q Q' Q2 Q3, dac., and to conduct them to the rear trumpet N through the intervention of appropriate guides g4. These guides, ot' which the number will correspond to that of the slivers, will be preferably formed as open top slots in the upper edge of a plate g5, that is secured by appropriate screws or bolts to and is held in an upwardly and rearwardly inclined position upon a plate QG, which extends across from the stand B to the stand B2 and is secured to and extends backward from the rearwardly-inclined upper edges thereof by bolts Q7. As thus disposed the individual slivers pass from their appropriate cans upwardly through their respective guides g4 and thence forward through the rear trumpet N to the drawing-rolls, where they are drawn and attenuated. In order, therefore, to provide for this drawing and atten uating action, the rear pairs of drawin g-rolls b2 b3 b4 are appropriately connected and,with the front pair of drawingrolls b', caused to rotate at a progressively-increasing rate of speed from the rear to the front pair thereof. To this end the tindex' roll of the pair h2 is connected with the under roll of the pair b4 through the intermediary of a gear b1, which, rotatively mounted upon a stud D17, that is secured in a support Z113, intermeshes with a gear hw on the former roll and with a gear b2@ on the latter, while the under rollof the pair h3 is in like manner connected with the under roll of the pair h4 through the instrumentality of a gear L21, which, rotatively7 mounted upon a stud D22, that is secured in a similar support 1923, intermeshes with gears b2* and L25, with which the last -mentioned rolls are respectively provided. As thus connected the requisite progressivelyincreasing speeds of rotation are imparted to the pairs of rolls b3 and D2 from the back pair ot' drawing-rolls b4, which, as before explained, is rotated from the upright shaft f2 through the intervention of the bevelgearsf3 andj'4, and in order to provide for the changing of the gears on the rolls L2 and b3 without destroying their connection with the rolls h4 the supports Z918 and L23, in which the studs b and Z922 are respectively secured, are adjustably supported upon stands b2, that extend upward from the plate or top B or other convenient part, whereby to permit of the engagement of these gears b1 and U with their cooperating gears on the rolls, no matter ot what size these latter gears may be. From the back drawing-rolls as thus connected the material passes to the front drawingrolls b', where it is still further drawn and attenuated, and thence forward through the front trumpet 'M to and between the calender-rolls, whence it is discharged into a suitable can or other appropriate receptacle as the completed sliver. For delivering this completed sliver from the calender-rolls to the can and properly disposing it therein I make use of a coiler R, which is constructed in circular form with a truncated conical upper portion and is provided with a passageway fr for the sliver, that extends downward and outward fro m the center of its upper portion to a point near the periphery of its lower side, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. As thus constructed the coiler is supported in a suitable seat r', which is formed in the upper side of a bracket or plate R', that extends outward from the table or top B, with the upper portion of the coiler disposed in close relationship tothe bottom calender-roll b9. With the coiler arranged as thus described the sliver passing through the calender-rolls will enter the upper end of the passage-way fr and traveling down through the same will be delivered to the can, in which it may be coiled as fast as deposited by imparting to the coiler a rotary motion. To permit ot' this rotary motion being imparted thereto,I preferably construct the lower portion of the coiler in the form of a spur-gear r2 and employ in connection therewith a spur-gear r3, that is secured to the upright shaft D and intermeshes with an intermediate spur-gear r4, which, rotatively mounted upon a stud T5, extending upwardly from the plate R', intermeshes in turn with the gear r2. By this means, as will be seen, a positive rotation of the coiler about its axis is effected from the shaft D and the sliver passing therethrough carried around 'and properly coiled with the can. In some instances the rotary motion thus given to the coiler will be all that is desired. In othersit may be preferred to supplement this motion with a rotary motion ot' the can, in which cases the can will be convenientlysupported upon a turn-table R5, which is pivoted upon a suitable stud T5, that extends upward from the floor or other convenient support and is preferablb7 rotated thereon from the main driving-shaft C. To allow of this being accomplished, I make use of the vertical shaft R, which, mounted in a suitable stand T7, secured to the main housings or other convenient part, is provided at its upper end with a worm-gear rs, that intermeshes with a worm r9, secured to the shaft C, and at its lower end is equipped with a spurgear rw, that engages with a similar spur-gear r, secured to the turn-table R5, through the intervention of a thirdspur-gearr12,\vl1ichislikewisesupported upon a stud r, extending upward from the IOO IIO

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floor or other support. As thus connected a positive rotation is imparted to the can and the sliver delivered vby the calender-rolls appropriately coiled therein by the conjointaction of the coiler and can.

When the material to be treated is supplied to the machine in the form of individual slivers, I preferably employ a stopping mechanism whereby to automatically arrest the motions of the machine when one or more of these slivers fails or fail or becomes orbecome broken, and this will now be described.

Pivoted to the end frame or standard A upon stands a' is a shipper-lever S, which is provided at its lower end with a belt-Spanner s and jointed at its upper end to a bar s', that is fitted to slide in suitable bearings 82 and s3,

or other appropriate form of spring s, which y is connected at one of its ends with the latch s1through an appropriate hook S7 and at its other with some stationary part of the machine-as, for instance, with the bearing s3. With the parts arranged as thus described when the latch 84 is engaged with the bearings s2 the bar s' through the shipper-lever willA hold the driving-belt upon the fast pulley c. On the other hand, when the latch is raised so as to disengage its hook or overhanging portion from the bearing, then the spring s6, acting by its resiliency, will draw the bar along in its bearings and through the connections described ship the belt from the fast to the loose pulley c. For automatically raising this latch from engagement with the bearing s2 when required I make use of the eccentric S', which is lixedly secured to the upright shaft D and communicates a longitudinal reciprocating movement back and forth to a rod S8, that is pivoted at one of its ends to the eccentric-strap S9, whereby to permit of a universal motion being given thereto, and is provided at its opposite end with a downwardly and rearwardly extending slot S10, which engages with a stud .911, secured in and projecting laterally from an arm S12, that is fixedly secured to a shaft S13, which is rotatively mounted in suitable bearings secured to the stands B and With the parts connected as thus described a forward-and-backward movement will be imparted to the rod ss by the eccentric S' and a corresponding rocking motion thereby communicated to the arm S12 as long as the movement of the shaft S13 is unobstructed; but the instant that it is arrested, as it will be when one of the slivers Q Q Q2 Q3, &c., breaks or otherwise fails, the further rocking of the arm 312 will. be prevented, and

the rod S8 in its retracting movement will compel the slot s1@ to ride upward on the stud .S11 and its own outer end to vbe thereby elevated,with the consequenteifect of raising the outer end of the latch s4 from engagement with thebearingszandpermittingofthespring s6 shipping the beltfrom the fast pulley c to the loose pulley c through the intervention of the bar s and lever S. In some instances lthe rod S8 may in its rising movement engage directly with the latch s4 without the interven tion of other devices. I prefer, however, to employ an intermediate shoe or block S14 for that purpose, which is preferably secured to the rod ss in proper relationship to the latch, whereby when the riding of the slotsw upward upon the stud S11 occurs the shoe will be brought into contact with the latch, and the samethereby raised. Thus through the mechanism described the automatic shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley is effected, as will be seen, by simply arresting the movement of the shaft S13. In order, therefore, to accomplish this result when one or more of the slivers supplied to the machine breaks or break or otherwise fails or fail, I make use of the spoon-levers Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11, &c. which, fulcrumed upon a knife-edge 'support Q12, extending across from the stand B to the stand B2 and secured therein, coperate with an upwardly-extending web or bar Q1, that is iixedly secured to the shaft S13, whereby to vibrate back and forth therewith. These'levers, of which there will be one for each of the slivers supplied to the machine, are severally constructed with longitudinallyextending channels Q14 of circular cross-section in the upper surface of their forward ends and with downwardly-extending lugs Q15 on the under side of their opposite ends for engagementl with the web or bar Q* when brought in contact therewith. Asthus constructed and arranged the slivers Q Q' Q2 Q3, the., in traveling forward from their containing-cans Q Q Q2 Q3, dac., through their guides Q4 to the rear trumpet N pass over these levers and, resting in the' channels Q14 thereof, depress by their weight the forward ends of the levers, and thereby hold the lugs Q15 on their rear ends elevated above the movements of the web or bar, which is'then left free to vibrate back and forth thereunder with its carrying-shaft S13. In those positions these levers will be held so' long as the re'- spective slivers passing over them are intact;` but .immediately one of the slivers breaks or otherwise fails-the rear end of itsrespective lever, in consequence of its greater preponderance, will drop and engage the lug Q15 on its under side with the web or barQi, thereby arresting the movementofthe shaft $13,V and through it and the mechanism described disengagin g the latch s4 from the bearing s2 and stopping the machine. Vhile thus the automatic stopping of the machine is effected by the breaking or failure of one or more of the slivers, the maintenance of the forward IIO ends of the levers QS Q9 Q1O Q11, duc., in depressed positions when their respective slivers are intact is more efficiently accomplished by so directing the slivers thereto and conducting them therefrom that the slivers are caused to act thereon not only by their gravity, but also by a downward `strain as they are drawn over them. To this end the arrow-headshaped guides Q11s and tension-roll Q17 are employed. Of these the arrow-headshaped guides are arranged in rear of the levers and slightly in front of the guides Q1, in which position they are preferably secured to the upper side of the plate Q6 by appropriate nscrews with the overhanging portion on each side of their supporting-stems extended across the guides Q4 adjacent thereto, while the tension-roll Q1T is arranged in front of these levers, being preferably journaled in an inverted-U-shaped frame Q18, which is pivoted to the upper portion of a hanger Q19, that is ad justably secured to the stand B by an appropriate bolt Q20. As thus arranged the underoperative surfaces of the arrow-head-shaped guides and tension-roll are somewhat lower than that of the forward end of the levers, respectively, in consequence of which the slivers in traveling from the guides Q4 to the trumpet N are caused to incline upward slightly toward these lever ends after passing around the lower edges of the arrowhead-shaped guides and thence downward to the under surface of the tension-roll, whereby not only is an even and uniform tension imparted to the slivers, whether the cams from which they are supplied are full or nearly empty, but a downward pressure exerted upon the forward ends of those levers in addition to that exert-ed upon them by the gravity of the slivers themselves. In its normal position, as when the slivers are all passing to the trumpet N, the tension-roll Q17 will rest upon them in a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. l, 5, and 11. On the other hand, when one ormore of the sliversis or are broken and it is desired to mend or piece up the same then the tension-roll will be raised into a vertical position, andin order to limit its movement in that direction and support it in a horizontal position when turned down into it the frame Q18 is provided with alaterally-extending lug Q21, which cooperates with corresponding lugs or stops Q22 and Q23, formed on the hanger Q19, as shown. From the tension-roll Q1T the several slivers pass to the trumpet N, and with a view to bringing them together and partially consolidating them before passing there'to the guide Q24 is made use of, which, preferably constructed. of an open elliptical form, is supported intermediate the tension-roll and the trumpet upon a plate Q25, in which it is threaded, whereby to render it vertically adjustable thereon.

Vith the mechanism employed for arresting the movement of the machine when one' or more of the slivers supplied thereto breaks or break or otherwise fails or fail there is also employed means for arresting its movements when the receiving-can Q5 is filled with sliver beyond a certain limit or when the sliver in traveling from the calender-rolls to the receiving-can fails to pass through the passage-way fr in the coiler R. ln these means a rock-shaft T is made use of,which, pivoted on centers adjustably supported from any convenient part of the machine,is provided with laterallyextending arms 2 and 3. Of these the arm t2 is constructed with a laterally-extending angular portion t4, which rests at its outer extremity upon the upper surface of the coiler and is provided at that point with an upwardlyinclined lip5,that extends inwardly therefrom and is disposed in close relationship to the passage-way r on one side thereof. The arm 3 ou the other hand is provided at its outer free end with an adjusting-screw 11, which rests upon the free end of an arm t?, formed on or lixedly secured to a second rock-shaft 3, that is preferably disposed at right angles to the shaft T, and, pivoted in like manner upon suitable centers 9,adj ustably supported from any convenient part of the machine, is also provided with a rearwardly-extending arm z510, which is adapted to cooperate with a down wardly-extending arm t11,fixedly secured to the shaft S13 and provided at its lower end with the forwardly-extending horizontal lip 1512. As thus organized and arranged when the coiler is in its normal position and the sliver is properly passing from the calender-rolls to the can through the passage-Way o' the free end of the arm 10 will be heldabove the path of travel of the lip 12 of the arm 11 by the weight of the arms 2 and 3 upon the arm 1, and the arm 11 thereby left free to vibrate back and forth with the shaft S13 as it is oscillated from the eccentric S' through the conneeting devices. On the other hand,when the sliver passing to the can Q5 rises therein above a certain limit or when the sliver delivered by the calender-rolls fails to enter the passage-way 0 and is carried around on the upper surface of the coiler it will in the former case raise the coiler from its seat by its Contact with the under side thereof and in the latter be carried beneath the upwardlyinclined lip 5 in a snarled condition, thereby raising in either case the free ends of the levers t2 and t3 and allowing the arm 10 to swing downward byits preponderance and engage with the horizontally-extending lip 12,of the arm 11. As a result of this the movement of the shaft S13 will be arrested and the rear end of the connecting-rod s3 through its pin-and-slot connection with the arm S12 thereby caused to rise and release the latch s1 from engagement with the bearing S2, with the effect of allowing the spring s to ship the belt from the fast to the loose pulley through t-he bar s' and shipper-lever S and stop the further movements of the machine. Thus the stopping 0f the machine will be effected through the mechanism described wheneverthe free end of the arm t1 ICO is raised by the action of the sliver eitherV upon the bottom of the coilerin an overfilled can or upon the under side of the upwardly-r inclined lip t5 in passing under it, and in order to limit the downwardgmovement of the arm z510 when the free ends of the arms t2 and t3 are thus raised and their weight thereby removed 4from the arm t7 not only is the free end of the arm i111 provided with an overhanging lip 13 for resting upon and cooperating with the lip i12, but the shaft 258 is likewise provided with a downwardly-extending arm 14, which contacts with the rear edge of the plate or top B or other convenient part when the arm t1() is tilted downward below a certain limit through the medium of an adjustable screw 15, that passes through its lower end. In like manner the stopping of the machine may be effected whenever the sliver either becomes reducedl in size below a certain limit or breaks between the trumpet M and the calender-rolls or whenever in the op-V eration of the machine it winds' around the bottom'of these calenderfrolls. To this end the trumpetM instead f being fixedly secured to its supporting-shaft 'n is pivotally secured thereto through the intervention ofV the lugs 'a9 and 011 and is provided with a rearwardly-extendingarm nu, upon which is secured a weight m18 and a forwardly and laterally extending angular arm p19.' As thus mounted and equipped the trumpet is capable'of a backward and forward Swingin g movement from and toward the calender-rolls u ponv `such shaft independently thereof, being limited in its movements in these respective directions by stops 'am and i121, of which the former is secured to and extends upward from .the shaft n for contact with the arm 1117, while the latter is secured to and extends downward from the shank of the trumpet for contact with the shaft fn. When the sliver passing through the trumpet is of the standard size and weight, the delivery end of the latter will be slightly in rear of the bight of the ltop and bottom calender-rolls, with the stop n21irmly seated against the shaft n,rin`which positions the parts will be held by the conjoint action of the sliver and the counterbalancing-weight P so long as that size and weight are maintained, and any attempt of the sliver to wind around the bottom calender-roll b9 when the trumpet is in this position will be prevented by the laterally-extending portion of the arm nw, which, lying in close relationship to the surface ofsuch roll, will scrape it therefrom and cause it to fall upon the top of the coiler, by

which it will-be carried around under the up` wardly-inclined lip t5, raising the free end of the arm 152 thereby and through it and the .mechanism above described arresting the movements ot the machine.

sliver windsaround the bottom lcalender-'roll b9 instead of passing through the passage-way r to the receiving-can, asit may sometimes do when thetrumpet is tilted backward slightly from its normal position, then in the first two cases by the action of the weight'n18 and in the last 'case by the act-ion of the sliver upon the laterally-extending portion of the arm 71,19 the trumpet M will be swung backward upon its supporti ng-sh'aft n, thereby raising the free end of the arm t2 by the downwardly-extending lug 112.2011 the arm n1 engaging with its underturned' portion the adj usting-screw'n23 in the end of the arm t2 and by this action stopping the further movements of the machine through the mechanism previously' described.

The stopping of the machine being thus eected bythe backward movement of the trumpet M when any one of these events occurs, the further stopping of the same is likewise accomplished when a bunch formed in the sliver by imperfect piecing of the ends or otherwise chokes such trumpet in passing through the machine and tilts itin af forward direction. To permit of this being-accomplished, the shaft fn is provided with an arm w21, which engages at its outer free end with the lower extremity of'a screw m25, extending'downward through an arm w26, that is iixedly secured' toand projects from the shaft T,whereby when the tru mpet is swung forward ybeyond a certain limit IOO by the stops 71,14 and m15 will not be sufficient j to enable the arm m24 to raise the'arm w26 to the requisite height to effect the stoppage of the machine when it" is thus operating. In order, therefore, to allow of a sufficient movement of the parts to accomplish that result,

when the sliver in passingvthrough-'the trumpet clogs therein and draws-the latter forward by the strain exerted upon the former by the calender-rolls the stop m11, instead of lIO being fixedly heldl in place, is capable of a yielding action when the strain thereon exceeds a certain limit and thev trumpet, with its supporting-shaft and the rear-trumpet, thereby allowed to oscillate in a forward direction to a greater limit.l To this end-the i stop is preferably constructed inthe form of a plunger, which isfitted to slide in a suit- Y ably-formed stand n2? and,provided with acollar w28, fast thereon, is normally' held pressed forward toward the stop w15 by a coiled spring w29, which bears at one end against the collar n.28 and at its other against a screw-plug 013.0, threaded-into the rear end of the `stand-n2", whereby -the tension of the spring may '-be' regulated. As thus constructed the springfing will be of sufficient tension to hold'the stop n firmly in place against any strain ILO that may be imparted thereto from the triunpets M and N by the material in normally passing therethrough, and thereby limit the movements of the shaft n to such an extent that when the arm 71,16 is carried forward against such stop the arm n2 will not be raised to a sufficient height by the arm 91,2" to effect the stopping of the machine. On the other hand, when the sliver clogs in the tru mpet and the latter is drawn forward by the extraordinary strain imparted to the former by the action of the calender-rolls upon its projecting end then the stop nl" and its spring will yield thereto and the shaft n thereby allowed to rotate upon its centers until the arm n2 is raised by the arm 0124 to the requisite height to permit of the arm 10 engaging with the lip 12 on the arm t, when the stopping of the machine will be effected, and thus through the single rock-shaft T and the mechanism cooperating therewith the automatic stopping of the machine will be effected whenever the free end of the arm 252 is swung upward to the proper extent by the happeningof anyone of the six occurrenceslastspeciiied.

With the parts above described are also employed means whereby the movements of the ratchet-wheel H are arrested when the shifter Gr is moved along the drums E and F in either direction beyond certain limits. These means preferably consist of the liftingplates 706 and 702, which are severally arranged above the pawls 70 and cooperate therewith through the intervention of upwardly and rearwardly extending arms 708 and 702, with which these pawls are respectively provided. As thus arranged these lifting plates are formed on or secured to the free ends of levers 7010 and 70, which are fulcrumed at their opposite ends upon a shaft 7012, that is snpported from the end frame or standard A through the intervention of hangers 7013. In their normal positions, as when the shifter G' is removed from the limits of its travel, these lifting-plates are held in horizontal relationship above their respective pawls, which are then free to move back and forth thereunder without interference from them. On the other hand, when the shifter G' has been carried beyond certain limits in either direction then the pawl 70 that was operative to effect that movement will be raised from engagement with the teeth 70 of the ratchet-wheel H by the descent of the appropriate lifting-plate 706 or 707 upon 'the upwardly and rearwardly extending arm thereof and the further movement of the shifter thereby arrested. For supporting these lifting-plates in their normal position above the pawls while yet permitting of one or the other of them descending upon the arms 708 or 702, as the requirements of the machine may demand, the shaft 7014 is employed, which, rotatively mounted in suitable hangers 7015, that are h'Xedly secured to the upper side of the shield or deck I, is constructed with the reversely-arranged crank-like portions 7016 and 7027, upon which the levers 7010 and 7011 respectively rest through the intervention of adjusting-screws 7018. As thus constructed when the lifting-plates 706 and 707 are in their normal positions the shaft 7014 will be held with the crank-like portions 701G and 7017 disposed in approximatelya horizontal plane. On the other hand, when the lowering of one or the other of these plates is required to elfect the raising of its respective pawl from engagement with the ratchet-teeth 71, then the swinging downward of the crank-like portion of the shaft appropriate thereto will be necessary, and this will be accomplished by oscillating the shaft in the required direction. For effecting this oscillation of the shaft various means may be employed. I prefer, however, to effect it from the shifter G', and to that end make use of the rod 7019, which, extended through a suitable orifice 7020, formed in a lug 7021, extending backward from the shifter G and provided with suitable collars 7022 and 7023, is fitted to slide at one of its ends in a suitable hanger 7024, depending from thc under side ofthe shield ordeck Landisjointed at its other to the free end of an arm 7025, which is ixedly secured to the shaft 7014. As thus arranged and connected whenever the shifter G is moved beyond certain limits in either direction its rearwardly-extending lug 7021 will contact with one or the other of the collars 7022 or 7023, carrying with it the rod 7019 and through the arm 7025 oscillatingthe shaft 7014 in the required direction, with the consequent effect oflowering the lifting-plate 706 or 707 upon the upwardly-extend i ngarm 702or 7090f the pawl that is then acting, removing such pawl from engagement with the teeth 71, of the ratchetwheel H, and thereby arresting the further movement of the shifter G. In these positions the parts will remain until the shifter G is removed from contact with the collar, when the shaft 701, with the lifting-plate 70G or 707 and its respective lever, will be returned to its normal position ready for the next operation. For returning these parts to their normal positions when relieved from the action of the shifter the lever 702G is employed, which, fulcrumed at one of its ends upon the shaft 7012, is provided with the adjustingscrews 702T and 7028, that respectively rest upon the oppositely arranged arms 7022 and 7030, which are IiXedly secured to the shaft 701, with their upper surfaces in approximately parallel relationship to the under surface of the lever, as shown. With the leverarran ged as thus described whenever the shaft 7014 is oscillated in one or the other direction by the action of the shifter G against one or the other of the collars 7022 or 7022 the arm 7029 or 7030 answering thereto will be swung upward, swinging upwardly with it the lever 702G on its fulcrum and holding it in a raised position until the shifter is removed from the collar, when the lever by its gravity will react upon the arm, and thereby force the parts back to their normal positions. Vhile the lever 702G IIO thus serves to restore Itheshaft-k14 and the parts cooperating therewith-to their normal positions `when removed. therefrom, it also serves to arrest the movements of the machine when the removal of thisshaft withits coperating parts from their normal positions is effected. To this end the-vertical rod R31 is provided, which rests at itslower end in a suitable socket R32, formed inlthe free eX- tremityof the lever R26, and, extending upward therefrom'to a point slightlybelow-the under edge of the latch s4, :is held in that position by a bearing or sleeve 1G33, secured to the top B or other convenient part. The -vertical rod being thus arranged will whenever the lever 1026 is swungwupward upon itsfulcrum by the actionof either of the arms W9 or k3() be carried upwardthereby and, contacting with the latch-s4, will force it upward from engagement with the bearing s2 and allow of the shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose .pulley andthe stopping of the machine by the spring S6 through the bar s and lever S, as before explained. It will thus be seen thatthrough vthe'shaft 7c and the parts coperating therewith not only is the operative pawl removed vfrom engagement with the ratchet-teeth 7L, but the stopping of the machine effected whenever the shifter G in its operation is carried beyond certain limits in either direction.

While the stopping of the machine as thusl:in suitable .bearings fu, secured to -the end yframeA or other convenient part and prorvided with the, upwardly-extending handlest fu', is equipped with an arm 02, that is jointedat its lower end to the bar s', as shown.

By these means, as -will be seen, the stopping of the machine may be accomplished whenever desired by simply oscillating the shaft V in the required direction through the handles 1J', and in order to allow of this'being accomplished when the latch s4 is engaged with the bearing s2 the pivoting of the latch to the bar s' is by a` pinand-slot connection, of which the slot is made of asulicient length to permit of the requisite movement of the bar without disturbing the latch.

- From the foregoing it will v'be seen that I provide a machine in which'not only is the movement of the evener-mechanism ratchetthe calender-rolls fails to travel through the4 passage-way in the coilerand is carried around on the top of thecoiler, whenever the sliver.vv

breaks between the front trumpet andthe calender-rolls, `whenever the sliver in 'passing from the calender-rolls winds around thebottom roll thereof, whenever the sliver is reduced below-a given-limit, whenever the front trumpet becomes choked by a bunch or otherwise, or whenever any one'or ymore .of the slivers supplied to the machine breaks or break or otherwise fails or fail.

Wherever in the foregoing description the to modify the same in various ways andstill,

be within the scope thereof. Again,while inithe foregoing I havedescribed my-invention` as applied to a machine of the railwayhead class it is to be understoodthat many of the features thereof are applicable to drawing-frames and other forms of machine employed in the transformation of cotton ber into yarn, and'in -practice I contemplate'rsoy employing them. l

Having now described my invention and specified certain ofthe ways'in whichit is 'or may be carried into effect, I claim and desire 1. The combination,withthe guides through which the material is supplied ltol the machine, and the rear trumpet,of the-arrow-'headshaped guides arranged in front of the firstmentionedguides, whereby to impart to thel material passingthrough the machine an appropriate tension, substantially as described.

2. The combination ,with'the guides through which the material is supplied to the machine, the rear trumpet, and the arrow-head-'shaped guides, of the spoon-levers over whichv such material passes, pivoted in front of the firstmentioned guides,and a tension-roll arranged jin front of these spoon-levers, whereby the material in passing through the machine is caused to incline'upward slightly fromv the arrow-head-shaped guides to the forward ends of thespoon-levers andfthence downward IOC `to securel by Letters Patent of the United IIO slightly to the tension-roll before entering thel rear trumpet, substantially asV described.

3. The combination, with the guidesqt e through which the material is suppliedto the machine, and the rear trumpet,of 'the spoon-I` levers,a tension-roll arranged in front of these levers, and a guide disposed in front ofthe' tension-roll for partially consolidating the material before entering the rear `substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the tension-roll, and one of the drawing-'roll stands, of va frame trumpet,`

in which the tension-.roll is mounted,a:hanger to which the tension-roll-supporting.frameisy jointed at one of its ends, and means for controlling the swinging movements of this frame, whereby the tension-roll may be held in proper operative position over the material being treated, and not only swung upwardly and away from over the same when the piecing or mending of an end is required, but heldin that position during that operation, subst-antially as described.

5. The combination, with the evener-mechanism ratchet-wheel, the pawls for coperating therewith provided with upwardly and rearwardly extending arms, means by which the pawls are reciprocated, and the evenermechanism belt-shifter, of lifting-plates for cooperating with such pawls, and connecting devices intermediate the belt-shifter and the lifting-plates, whereby, when the shifter is moved beyond certain limits in either direction, the pawl which eects the movement is removed from operativeconnection with the ratchet-wheel, by the descent of its respective lifting plate upon its upwardly `and rearwardly extending arms, and is returned into operative connection therewith, when the shifter is moved in an opposite direction, by such lifting-plate being raised from said arms, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the evener-mechanism ratchet-wheel, the pawls for coperating therewith provided with upwardly and rearwardly extending arms, means by which the pawls are reciprocated, the evener-mechanism belt-shifter, and a stopping mechanism, of lifting-plates for coperating with such pawls, and connecting devices intermediate the shifter and the lifting-plate and the shifter and stopping mechanism, whereby, when the shifter is moved beyond certain limits in either direction, the pawl which eiects the movement is removed from operative connection with the ratchet-wheel by the descent of its respective lifting-plate upon its upwardly and rearwardly extending arm, and the stopping of the parts effected, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the ratchet-Wheel H provided with the ratchet-teeth h, the pawls 76 76 provided with upwardly and rearwardly extending arms, the lifting-plates 766 and 767, the levers 7610 and 7611 by which the liftingplates are respectively carried,the belt-shifter G provided with the rearwardly-extending lug 7621 and the means by which it is moved back and forth along its guide-rods, of the shaft 7614 provided with the oppositely-arranged crank-like portions 7616 and 7617 upon which the levers 7610 and 7611 respectively rest, the arm 7625 fixedly secured to such shaft, and the rod 7619 provided with the collars 7622 and 7622, with which the backwardly-extendin g lug 7621 is adapted to contact, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with the pawls 76 76, the lifting-plates 76s and 767, the levers 7610 and 7611 by which the lifting-plates are respectively carried, the shaft 7614 provided with the oppositely-arranged crank-like portions 7616 and 7617, and also with the arm 7625, and the rod 7612, of the oppositely-arranged arms 7621 and 7630 lixedly secured to said shaft, and the lever 7626 resting on these arms, whereby to return the parts to their normal positions when removed therefrom, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with the shaft 7611 provided with the arms 7625, the belt-shifter G' provided with the backwardly-extending lug 7621, mechanism for moving this shifter back and forth" along its guide-rods, and the rod 7611 provided with the collars 7622 and 7623, of the oppositely-arranged arms 7629 and 762 iixedly secured to said shaft 7614, the lever 76211 resting upon such arms, the vertical rod 7631, the latch s, the bar s', shipper-lever S, and the spring s, whereby the stopping of the machine is effected whenever the shifter Gr is moved be vond certain limits in either direction, substantially as described.

lO. The combination, with the rock-shaft T, the rock-shaft S13, and the belt-shipping derock-shaft 812 is arrested by the rotation of the.

rock-shaft T around its axis, the shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley and the stopping of the machine are automatically effected, substantially as described.

ll. Thel combination, with the coiler, and the belt-shipping devices, of the rock-shaft T provided with an arm that rests at its free end upon the coiler, and connecting devices intermediate the rock-shaft and the belt-shipping devices, whereby when the coiler is raised from its seat by the pressure of the sliver against its under surface or otherwise, and the rock shaft oscillated therefrom through its arm, the shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley and the stopping of the machine are automatically eected, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the coiler, and the belt-shipping devices, of the rock-shaft T provided with an arm that rests upon the coiler and is equipped at its outer extremity with an upwardly-inclined lip, and connecting devices intermediate the rock-shaft and the belt-shipping devices, whereby when the free end of the said arm is raised by the passage of the sliver between it and the coiler and the rock-shaft oscillated thereby, the

v shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley and the consequent stopping of the machine are automatically effected, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with the rock-shaft T, provided with an arm, of the front trumpet provided with a weighted arm and an underturned lug for engaging with the free end of the first-mentioned arm, and the trumpetsupporting shaft to which the trumpet is jointed, whereby when the sliver supplied to the trumpet is reduced below a given size the IOO IIO

trumpet will be swung back upon its support`A ing-shaft by its weighted arm and the rockshaft thereby oscillated upon its axis by the underturned lug engaging with and raising the free end of the arm on such rock-shaft, substantially as described.

14. The combination, with the rock-shaft T provided with an `arm, and the calenderrolls, of a trumpetprovided with a weighted arm and Aan underturned lug for engaging with the free end of the arm on the rock-shaft, and the trumpet-supporting shaft to which the trumpet is jointed, whereby when the sliver breaks between the trumpet and the calender-rolls the trumpet will be swungback upon its supporting-shaft by its weightedarm and the rock-shaft thereby oscillated upon its axis by the underturnedrlug engaging with and raising the free end of the arm on the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with the rockshaft T provided with an arm, and the bottom calender-roll, of a trumpet provided with au underturned lug for engagement with the free end of the arm on the rock-shaft and with an arm that is equipped with a laterally-extending portion for cooperation with the bottom calender-roll,and a trumpet-supporting shaft to which the trumpet is j ointed,wherebywhen the sliver winds around such calender-roll the trumpet will be swung back on its supporting-shaft and the rock-shaft thereby oscillated upon its axis by the underturned lug engaging with and raising the freeend of the 4arm on the rock-shaft, substantially as described. Y

16. The combination, with the bottom calender-roll, and the trumpet-supporting shaft,

17. The combination, with the rock-shaft- T provided with an arm,a trumpet-supporting shaft provided with an arm for engagement with the arm on ythe rock-shaft, and the calender-rolls, of a trumpet carried by such trumpet-supporting shaft,whereby when the trumpet becomes choked and isrdrawn forward by the calender-rolls beyond certain limits, the rock-shaftwill be oscillated upon its axis by the arm on the trumpet-supporting shaft engaging with and raising thevfreegend of the arm on the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

18. The combination, with the rock-shaft T, they belt-shipping devices and connecting mechanism intermediate the rock-shaft and ping of the machine thereby automatically -jointed thereto and provided witha rearthe shipping devices, of a trumpet, an axis upon which it is mounted, and mechanism for connecting such trumpet with the rock-shaft, whereby when the. trumpet isswung either forward or backwardy beyond certain limits therock-shaft will be oscillated upon its axis, and the shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley and the consequent stopping of. the machine thereby automatically effected, substantially .as described. v p 19. The combination, `with the rock-shaft T, provided with an arm, the belt-shipping devices, and the connecting mechanism intermediate the rock-shaft and the shipping devices, of a trumpet, a shaft n upon whichy it is mounted providedwith an arm, for engagement with the arm onthe rock-shaft T,where by when the trumpet is swung upon its axis beyond certain limits the rock-shaft will be oscillated upon its axis and the shipping of the belt from the fast to the loose pulley there- .by automatically effected, substantially as described. v 20. The` combination, with the rock-shaft 313 provided, with the arms S12 and t, the eccentricS, rod s8 provided at its free end with v the downwardly and rearwardly extending 9o slot v$10, the stud su with which the, slotengages, the .bar s', the shipper-lever S, b'earings 32 and s3, spring 86,and latch s4, of the rock-shaft T provided with the arm t3, the rock-shaftiS provided with the arms t? and 1510, and mechanism for oscillating the rock-shaft T, whereby, `when such rock-shaft T is oscillated upon its axis, the arm 151 will be brought into engagement with the arm tu and the stopeffected, substantially as described. 21. The combination,with the trumpet-supporting shaft provided with the upwardly and rearwardly extending stop w20, of the trumpet 1o 5 wardly-extending weighted arm and with a vstop p21 for coperating with said shaft, substantially as described.

22. The combination, with the front and back trumpets, the means by which theyare connected, and the supporting-shaft for. the front trumpet provided with an upwardly-extending arm uw, the yieldingstop n.14 andthe fixed stop w15, whereby, the forward and backward movements of such trumpets beyond certain limits are positively restrained, and their movements through al portion of their forward travel yieldingly resisted, substantially as described. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of October, 1900.

ARTHUR W. MATHEWSON. 

